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METHOD or AND MEANS FOR BOTTLING uoums' AND SEALING Bomrs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,77 6, dated April26, 1892. Application filed April 8, 1891. Serial No- 388.094 (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM PAINTER, of the city of Baltimore, in theState of Mary'- land, have invented a certain new and useful Method ofand Means for Bottling Liquids and Sealing, Bottles; and Inn herebydeclare that the following specification, taken in connection with thedrawings furnished 7 and forming a partof the same, is a clear, true,and complete description of the several features of my invention.

For indicating the status of my invention with reference to the priorart I will state that I employ bottles which have exteriorlockingshoulders on the heads thereof and hard-metal flanged capscontaining compressible sealingdisksand I have for the first time in theart provided for the use of such caps and disks 'in; the bdttling ofliquids under gaseous press ure, the mode'of operation, broadly stated,being as follows, v'iz: inserting into and supporting withinthexfilling-chamber of a botl-ling-machine a metal-flanged capcontaining a compressible sealing-disk, inserting into said chamber,inline with said disk and cap, the head of a bottle provided with anannularlocking-shoulder and forming a temporary packing-contact betweenthe walls of the tilling-ehamberaud the head of the bottle, charging orfilling the bottle, forcing the cap, the disk, and the bottle togetherunder heavy pressure and causing the lip of the bottle'tobe embedded inthe sealingdisk, and. then,

' While maintaining the disk thus compressed flanged motallicsealing-caps of any kind,-

and with the flange of the capprojeeted upon the head of the bottle inexact conformity with the compressionot' the disk, bcndingand settingsaid flange beneath and into intimate and reliable contact with saidlocking-shoulder, andthereby securely confining-the disk initscompressed condition upon and in proper sealing-contact with the lip ofthe bottle.

In order that the novelty involved may be fairly defined, I will statethat it is believed to.

beradically new in the art of bottling to insert into a filling-chambcrin a bottling-machine wherherseparate from a bottle or looselyearsoiried thereon, although it is not new to insert into a-fillingchambe'r a bottle having a stopper hinged to its head and permanentlycarried thereon-for instance,as slio wni n German Letters Patent No.31,193-and it is quite common to insert in an open-topped throat-piececorks and sealing-disks which enter and are seated within the mouths ofbottles, and an instance of the latter-operation will be found in myUnited States Letters Patent No. 438,708, dated October 21, 1890. It isalso believed to be new to insertabottle-headinto a fillingchamber inline with a previously-supplied flanged cap containing a sealing-disk,although, as before indicated, it is old to apply a bottle in line witha threat containing a cork or a sealing-disk inserted'inthe open. top ofsa-id'throat; but 'in these latter instances the sealingdevices arelocated with reference to their entering the bottle-heads,

and the same is true of the hinged stoppers of the German Patent No.81,193, whereas in my operation the cap surrounds or incloses a portionof the bottle-head. In other words,

said prior methods involve what may be termed inside operations .withrespect of the bottle-head, while in my method an outside operation isinvolved.

It is not new to form and maintain a tem porary paeking-eontacteither asbetween the neck or the head of a bottle-and the lower end of anopen-topped throat, that operation being essential in many priorbottling operaa bott'le-hoad, ,and although I have devised means tothatend, anon-shifting packing-contact can be relied upon whenspceially-heavybottling-pressures are not involved. as will behereinafter further explained. I: prjor op:

'erations clearance for a bottle-head having itswiring yokesor loopsthereon must be provided for; but clearance. for the stopper.

is only required in line with the entrance to the bottle, as for thepassage of a cork or an inside sealing-disk; but in myoperationelearanee must be aiforded for the flange ot". a sealdug-cap not only inline with the outside eirj'i cumferen'ce o f he a still greater lateralclearance to a degree "more or lessclosely approximating to the heightor iength of the-headset bottles; to be filled. As to the mere chargingor filling of the bottle nonovelty is involved. It is, howeveigbelievedto be radically new in bottleproject or advance the'flange upon thehead' of a bottle to a degree exactlycorrespondingfilling to force a.disk upon and overthe li-pof a bottle within a fill: lug-chamber inabottling-machine and .to

d ',to that to which' the sealing-disk may have been compressed whilecausing'it to'eonform with portions of theadjacent y do to thetopedge orlip of the bottle, as well as inner and outer sides thereof; It is alsobelieved to be radi cally new to in an ymanner secure allang'edsealing-cap to the outside of abottle-head while withintheifilling-chamber ofa bottlingimtehine, whether the bottling operationinvolves gaseous pressures or not, and itisbelieved to be equally,- newwithin a'filling" chamborto forciblybemltlie flange ofa metalscaling-cap. into locking-contact with. a spe.-.

eially-formedshoulder on a bottle-head while a scaling-disk within thecap 'is being forced under heavy pressure intoconforming contact withtho-lip of thebottle, thus causing. the cap to operate as a practicallypermanent sealing-clamp, It is, however, old in operating outside of andapart from bottling-mm chines to spin the flanges ofi "soft-metal capsulcs into close-envelopingcontact with the heads and necks ofbottles,'and such capsules have co'ntainedscaling-disks, presumably heldunder pressure during the spinning operation-4011 instance,'asdlsclosed1n German Letters Patent N 0128,719, of 1884, and

' British Letters lfatcnt No. 13,0ti2 of l886. It isvalsoold,astdisclosed' in llritish Letters Patent No. ll,'003, ol'v18-t5,-to seem-elite contents of DoItIeslJy-tlw use oi hollow 'metalcaps or covers com posed of stilt st'u bboru metal-such astinned ironand provided with teeth, which .attheir tips are hent'.under the head ofthe bottle; but said patent affords no insubstitute.for wire or cord wi.5

dication that l he capwas not to be used as a sorted in the ordinary'wayMany, formsofscahng dev ces for use with disks havoheen disclosed 1!!prior patents as, for instance, 'such caps as are providedwith-springatrlns having latch-shaped ends,

which, being in use with'seali'ng-disks, would cng-agewi'th the loweredge of a bottle-head as as ring-latchengages with its keeper, as

descri ledv in British Letters Patent No. 2,967 ol 1877, malaise-tenchas were disclosed in British Letters Patent No. 2,415 of 1875 and No.3,672 of 1887, said caps having curved springqtruts intended by thei rpower of contraction to draw-or pull downwardly upon'thc lower roundedporlionot the hc'adet a bottle for; holding a disk in contact withthe'lip of t-hebottle.

- The charaoter ol' seullng-caps'eln flp d in the bottle-lip, but-theretnust within a flanged cap v llttl'd-llllttl requirements, and the sameinvarions forms 1891.) v -.'ihe mechanism devised by th corks in-' .-lig ure 1' illustrates one preparatory to filling and evawe accordancewith the hereinbe'fore-recited main feature of myinvent-ionmaybe quitewidely I varied in matters-of detail as to materials,

form, and structure; but for securing the best results they. should becomposed of hardmetal, of'which tinned-iron plate'is a preferred type,and the cap must have apendent flan go adaptcd'to be so bentperipherally that it may be firmly engaged without fracturing contactwith a .lockinmsho'ulder-on the head of a bottle. The flange of ,the capmust also be of such strength and capable of being so securely appliedthat it may in a prachave been made the subject of my applications forpatents filed November .5, 1 885), and J one 10, 1890. (See alsoapplicatioiftilcd May 19, me for use,

lnthe co'mplexoperation of bottle filling and scaling is believed to bethe first in the art ofbottlingw-hich renders it-pos sible to applysealing-eaps containing disks to bottles charged under pressure and tomaintain that pressure during the closing and sealingoperationa.v Itisalso believed that certain por-- tions of the mechanism devised by meconstitute-the first organizations in thisart whereby a bottle nay besealed by a com prcssible seal-- ing-disk forced upon and around thelipof the bottle or in onvelopingcontaet therewith,

'andjthen while the disk is nnder-heavy-press ureeenabling it to besecurely clamped and held in its compressed, condition b-ya flangedhard-metal cap forcibly bent into locking contact with thebottlc-head.The most elt'ectiv e operation of fastening corrugated hardur'etalflanged caps to. bottle-heads-. havin'g locking-shoulders, whetherinconnection with or'separate from the charging or filling operatiou,involves a novel methoddevised by me, which includes as one'ot' thesteps therein the bending 0r indenting of the metal, at theinuercorrugation into locking-contact with the shoulder-on thebottle-head by applying pressure simultaneously to theseveralouter'.cor-

ru-gations. I

Referring to thoeight, sheets ot drawings, 7 ot' niymachihes in sideelevation and witha .bottle in a position a top view of the head of themachine. Fig.

'3 is in part in side view and in central vertisealing, Fig. 2 is calsection of the lowerportion of the machine with a detached illustrationof' the adjacent portion Of the machine embraced between therespectively dotted lines. Figs. 4 and 5. are a top view and section of{the bottle-supporting socket. 'jhig. 6 is a central'vertical'sectional;'vicw of the head of the machine on an enlarged scale. Fig. 7 is asectional view of -upon-scaling-caps of another form.

' stems 3 a cap-plunger in its best form. Fig. 8 is a sectional viewlike Fig. 6, but with some of the movable parts in diiferent positionsand with a sealing-cap insert-ed and maintained in po-- sition bycertain engaging fingers. Figs. 9

and 10 in two views illustrate one of m y scaling-caps' of the mostapproved construction.

Fig. 11 illustrates a sealing-disk in top and e {e views; Fig. 12 inside view illustrates the head of a bottle in itsmost approved form foruse with my caps. Fig. 13 illustrates a bottle-head with the cap, Fig.9, applied thereto. Fig. 14 illustrates the same cap and bottlehead invertical cross-section. Fig. 15 is a central vertical seetionof thecentral lower portion of the machine-head on a line at right angles tothe sectional line of Figs. (3 and 8 and with a sealing-cap in positionfor application to a bottle. Fig. 1G is a bottom view of the mainportion of the filling-chamber with air-interior fixed sleeve and threefingers, which temporarily support the sealing-cap in proper relation tothe plunger. sectional View of the parts shown in Fig. 15, but on a lineat right'anglcs thereto, and with a sealing-cap in place, a bottle-headin position to receive a charge and tightly packed.

around its head below-its locking-shoulder. Fig. 18 is a similar viewillustrating the bottie and cap firmly united. Fig. 19 is a similar viewillustrating the retirement of the packing-gasket from the scaledbottle, the latter being then freely removable. Fig. 20 is a sectionalview of a machine-head containing mechanism particularly adaptedto'operate Fig. 21 in side View illustrates the main portion of theflange-bending tool otFig. 20. Fig. 22 illustrates a' sealing-cap uponwhich the said flange-bending tool is specially adapted to operate..Fig. 23 in side view illustrates a bottle-head with a cap like thatshown in Fig. 22 applied thereto. Fig. 24 is a sectional view of anothermachine-head, illustrating a capflange-bcnding tooliin still anotherform. Fig; 25 is a bottom view of said tlange-bending too], including anencircling ring and the sealingcap seat at the lower end of acap-plunger.

Fig. 26 is a side view of this cap plungcr dc-v Figs. 27and 28 in topand side views tached.

V illustrateone of the sections or parts of the cap-flange-bcnding tool.Fig.2!) illustrates in side view a modified form ofcap-flangemachine insection-and on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 35 illustrates a modification of the head Fig. 17 is a of themacliine,,whieh enables the hand-leveri trated in Fig. 20.

I will first describe one of my machines in connection with Figs. Ito19, inclusive. The fra'meA of the machine is preferably composedofcast-iron, cylindrical in form, and it has a flaring base slottedvertically at one side for the reception of a treadle-lever, which isfulcrumed or pivoted in a suitable socket at the opposite side of thebase. At the top of the frame A there are two vertical tubular columns aa, and they not only serve as vertical 'guides,1but their interiorsurfaces also atford a frictional contact for securing a properoperation of certain sleeves which slide therein,as will be more fullyhereinafter explained. lYithin the frame, as shown in Fig. 3, there is asolid horizontal partition, which serves as a fixed bracket a, having acentral opening at a. vlin the vertical columns a a there are twovertical parallel grooves a a, which serve as guides for a bottle-socketB, having projections at each side at b for the accommodation of ahorizontal stud or bar a}, which is rigidly fixed to or may be a part ofthe bracket 0.. The particular means described for adjusting thebottle-sup- .port for-ins no material part of my invention andanysuitable form of table and adjustment may be used. The bottle-socketB. is internally conical, its sides being lined with thin smoothfiexiblometal plates 0, secured 'in place and backed by elastic cushionsc, as

clearly indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

A bottle is shown in dotted lines inFig. 3 with itsbottom in properposition in thesocket, and it will be seen that it can be readily andFig.

accurately centered' in a vertical position,

and supported evenly in line with the-fillingchamber and sealingdevices. When vertical pressure is applied to the bottle, the-yieldingcapacity of the thin-cushioned plates enables a firm bearing to besecured, regardless of slight imperfections in the form of the bottle atits-base, and the liability of breaking the bottle is reduced to aminimuiii. In this ma-- chine there is no movement of the bottlesockct duringthe sealing operation 5; but the socket must be adjusted for use .withbottles of a given height, and it will be seen that this verticaladjusting capacity is afforded by the screw-threaded stem and thebase-nut. When but little pressure is required upon the sealing-disks,it is not so essential that the bottle be so accurately centered as whenextra heavy pressure is involved, and therefore in some casesthebottle-socket need not beeonical, but a slightly-yieldin g cushion .Willalways bedesirable.

The head of the machine is'reciprocated vertically duringthe filling andsealing opera-- tion, and I will. first describe the features-ofconstruction which pertain to this general gopcration; 'Ihe'workingmechanism of the v head is all carried byja cross-head d, 'which'is sorigidly secured to the tops of two sliding rods 01' d, which occupy thetubular guides ac and extend downwardly into theframe and are coupled attheir lower ends by a second cross-headd- The head 0 and theserods are x5 supported in a normally-olevated position by 3 means of'a spiralspring (1 connected at its lower end to the cross-head d and at its upperend to. the bracket; 0. by means of the cross-bar a, within aslot inthe tubular-stem,

b of the bottle-socket. 'lhe sustaining-power of the spring is madeadjustable by meansof .ihe thumb-screw d; The depression of the head 0is elfected by nieans'of the treadlelever O, which is coupled to thecross-head 2-5 .tl? bya suitable link 01 and the vertical move ment ofthe'head-O is restrictedby collars (it ies the sliding supporting-rods dd, said collars abutting against the bases'of the tnbu'lar guides a a. 12 3,;1 This machine being'adapted for filling bot-' tles. with [orwithout'gaseous pressure, thehead of the machinejcontains afilling-chain bia'rajprbvided with an induction-pipe e and" "asuitablecock e asshown in Figs. '2, 15, and "16. Thisehamber'hasafvertical tubular dome,

- having an'. external annular shoulder at e,' 'above'which itisexternally screw-threaded, 1 for the/reception of a clan1ping-nut'c,thusprovi'di'ng'fo'r firmly mounting the chamber 40 orh thejc'ross-head(1, as clearly indicated in (is The filling-chamber proper is reducediiifldi'a'me'ter by. a tightly-fitting stationary sleeve, 6?,andfwithlwsaid-sleeve there is a [close-fitting stationarytubularinternally-m pcl'ed sleeve which is composed of metal and performs thedutyiof a rigid bending: tool for forcibly bending the fiango'of asealin g-cap intot locking-contact with a bottlehead. This annularbcnding-tool is-in-its sim- 56 plcst form known to me; but itsconstruction may bewidoly'varied without departure from certain portionsof my invention. In the dome of the fil ling'-cha1 nbcr there is ahollow piston g, guided at its top in-a socket 55. gfinside of .thescrew-cap g of the 'dou1e,and

at its, low'erend ithas a;circular guide-flange 'g loosely fitted to theinterior annula-rsurfLlC6 Of$hBf dome. *Between theeap' g and saidflangeg? there is a spiral spring g" under to compression, which forcesthe piston 9 downward'ahd-normally maintains it in heavy contact with arubber gasket 1, carried by the piston below the 'guide'liangeg andinterposed between it and the annnlar t'op edge of b5 the bending-toolf. It will be seen that when the 'pistong is depressedno liquid .canpass frolnthe filling-chamber below said piston walls of thefilling-chamber. tips of said fingers projectinwardly beyond theloweredge of the bemling-tool. 'lhese'ats matte" I upwardinto thedomcduring the filling operation. Inste'ad'of this gasket, the piston may beprovided with a suitable stuffiug-box.

W ithinz th e filling-chamber thereis a centhe top surface of thesealing-cap, and it therefore serves to properly center the cap. Thefree dropping movement of the cap-plunger: is restrietgetby said stud,and said plunger may be mov d-upwardly' until the top of theplunger-hcadh abuts against the coincident surface of the lower end of.the piston g at 71 Fig. "6. .'lhe"cap-plnnger may have a solid head"and'be relied upon for good service when. comparativelypcrfect seals andbottles are-used; lnitinv its best form the head It is eonstrnct'edasshown in Fig. 7. This head is. chambered for the snug reception of acushion .702 of rubber, specially selected with reference to itscompactness and desirable resiliency, and saideushion is'faced with athin flexible ,metal .disk 71., the twobeing securedto the pin nger by acentral screw h This plunger enables a uniform .orwell-distributedpressure to be applied regardless of ordinary "ariationsin the form of'a bottle-lip, such as depressions therein or variations in sealingdisksin t'l 1c, matter of vdensity and thickness. Thegist of this featurcofmy invention'conat its base audits lip be correspondingly in-.c'lined-theplunger-face'will'adapt itself thereto and compress thesealing-disk with. unifor|nity,-and hence this effect would befsesists,in part, in'provi ding a plunger-head with a face which has a self adjusting capacity, so Ithatshould a bottle be imperfectly centered curedby'a swiveling connection betwcenthe head or face portion of a plungerand its stem.

".lhe cushioned self-adjustingplunger-face has special value forsecuring a good packing joint between an; uneven bottle-lip and aspecially thinand correspondingly economical disk..

Nowreferring to-Figs. 6, 15, and 16, it will be seen that thestationaryslceve e in the filling-chamber is vertically slotted toafford spaces for the reception of three capfliold'iu'g fingers-z i 15,the shanks of which extendupwardly between the bending-tool .f and theThe: working or elotegat their lower endsflare closed by a ring k,having its top' flat and its lower .and inn'er'surfacc rounded. The tipsof said-fingcrs' are -norlna lly projected by their back I.springs,eael1 linger-haying. a curved spring scc'ui'edto the backoti-its shank and having-itsfreelower-"end bearihgjna notch and againsta coincident portion (at the interior- "gels are not a necessity, as Ihave'used a magnetic cap-plunger with fairly satisfactory an'd'saidchamber is closed, except as to an its base for entrance for liquid, andas to anopening at,

the complete reception of caps and bottle-heads, and the removal ofsealed bottles. In this machine the packing-contact withthe bottle-headis effected by novel means and involves anovel mode of operation, andthe prime factor in this connection is an annular specially formed ormolded packing-ring or funnel' sha-ped gasket Z-of rubber, having athick well-rounded pendent lip. 'lhisgasket is clamped to the lower endof the filling-chamber by means of a scrcw-- threaded-clamping-riug' l,which occupies an exteriorscrew-thrcad on a recessed portion of the wallof the-chambcr-and permits the annular lip of the gasket to occupy itsnormal pendent position, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 6, 15, and 1The gasket is mechanb, cally controlled both with respect of securing orproviding for its engagement with or by the head of a bottle, and alsoits release therefrom and bymeaus which will now be descr1hed. Below thegasketl there is a vertically-reciprocating gasket-controller in theforni of -a bevel-surfaeedgring 121., having a tubularsleeve on, whichfreely encircles the lower end of the filling-chamber and is pro videdwith two pairs of laterally-projecting lugs m Between the lugs of eachpair and pivoted thereto-there is a lever m and these levers at theirinner ends bear upon shoulders m on the outside of the filling-chambere, and at their forked or coucaved outer ends they bear upon the tops ofcollars n' n', secured to or parts of the tops of' sleeves n 'n, whichsurround the supporting-rods d 1'. Referring now to Fig'. 3 it willbe'seen that these sleeves 'n n are longitudinally slitted to afford bereadily seen that when "the treadle 'C is outwardly-pressing springs42*, which by contact with the interior surfaces of the guidecolumns (iva enables said sleeves to be frictionally controlled to the extent thatthey will remain stationary during a desired portion of the longitudinalmovement of'the rods (1' d.- At their lower or split ends these sleevesabut against annular shoulders n? on .the rods (1' 61', thus preventingundue downward move ment ofthe sleeves'wit/h respect to the rods, andalso effecting their proper elevation after each depression of the headof the machine.

Referring now to Figs. 3,6, and 8 it will depressed the machine-headQwili descend, but that the gasket-controller will for a time standstill, (or, in one sense, he raised,) because of the lifting action ofthe levers mf, induced by the temporarily stationary sleeves; but whenthe gasket-controller has been, thus fully lifted the sleeves will then.descend with the head 0, the friction of said sleeves being overcome bythe pressure on the treadle. It will be obvious that thegasket-controller can I be directly connected with and controlled b thesleeves, and that arrangement has been used by me; but by-introducingfthe levers the sleeves require less friction and the machine is'therefore more easily'operated. -It I will be seen that-the gasket 1 isnormally funnel-shaped, and that when its lip s in a pend.-

ent position the maximum area of opening is adordedfso that abottle-head .inay freely'err' ter; also, that'when the-lip of the gaskets raised bythe controller the area of opening is diminished,resulting inpacking-contact with the bottle-head, the gasket then being flatandnotf'unnel-shaped, and also that when.

the bottle is forced upward, after the fillingoperationh'asbeen"completed, the shifting packing-contact is such that the gasket is madeto assume an inverted-funnel shape, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 18.

The operation of the gasket-controllerby means of a treadle isdesirable; but-if. it were operated by hand, as by means ofascrewthreaded rotative sleeve and a hand-lever, it

would involve no departure from certain portions of my invention. Whenbottles are'to be filled without pressure, the annular gasket, whichpacks against the bottle-head,- need not be a molded gasket, asshown inthe draw-- 'iugs, but may be. a sheet of specially fine,

strong, flexible, and elastic rubb'er,having'a holesuftieieutlysmallerthan the bottle-heads to enable the latter to beforced into and. through the hole to any desiredextent without.impairing the packing-contact with the bottle-head, and yet enable thelatter to'bereadily withdrawn after the sealing-capjhas been applied.For general use, however,-tbe' molded gasket and its eontrollerjshouldbe employed. It no'cap be-put into the fill ngchamber, the bottle can beinserted and filled with liquid, then released, the sealing cap applied.by hand to the bottle, and then rein-- ,serted-for compressing the sealand, setting the cap; but this operation is of course impossible whengaseous pressures are involved.

A machine constructed and organized as thus far described maybe'employed foreperating with sealing-caps somewhat varied in theircharacter; but in matters of detail the I working parts shown inimmediate connection with the filling-chamber are, particularly adaptedto operate-with my sealing-caps 111 their 'most approved form, as, shownat D,

Figs. 9 and 10, which involves certain specific and valuable features ofnovelty which were not disclosed in myaforesaid application for patentand which will be made thesub eet of a separate a pplication, (SeeSer'iaiNo. 393,293,- filed May 19,1891.) 7 The cap-D 1s composed oftinned-iron plate 'andvcontaius'a suitable compressible sealing-disk 0,Figs. 11 and 1 4, which is peripherally embraced by-the flange of thecap. This flange p is corrugated and flared or inclined outwardly quiteabruptly at its edge, so that the latter on being bent; downwardlywi-lll'orc'e the innercorrugations inwardly beneath the locking-shoulderon a bottle, as will be readily understoodfrom an examination otIFigs-Q13 andl-l. I v 1 'lhe bottles adapted 't' or use with my sealing'capsmay be somewhat varied as to the form of the head and lip; bht as shownin l igs.]2 and 14 the bottle E must 'be provided with a suitablelockirig-shoulder, as at 1 ,-propthe use of means for detaching thecaps; but

erly located below the lip qf. 'Below said shoulder there is 'a recessand therefrom the head is gradually enlarged and then lessened tothe'diameteroi' the-neck (.orrugated flanged caps and bottles are bestsuitedfor use with each other when the locktug-shoulder q is locatedbelow the lip q ata distance substantially equalto the distance betweentlie'sealing-disk (when compressed) and the vertical centcrof thecorrugations. If, however, any substantial portionof theinnercorrugations be bentbenea-th the lockingshoulder the cap will. besutlieiently \vell secured for ordinary bottling purposes. As shown inFigs l3and ]4,thecdge of the captlange is intentionally left projectedbeyond the adjacent s'urfaceof the bottle to facilitate in some cases Iemploy bending-tools which can bend said edge inwardly at an angle andquite closely to the head of the bottle. I

The practically simultaneous filling and A sealing operation isperformed as follows: As

seen in Fig. 6, the machine-head C is at its highest position,as-when atrest, the cap-plunger h is down-wardly-projeeted by its own weight intothe filling-chamber. e, the gasket-controlling ring is in its lowestposition, and the gasket is open to allow the scaling-cap to beinsertcdinto the filling-chamber.v 'lhe plungel his now lifted, as shownin Fig. 15, by the operator in the act of inserting the cap I) by handwith the top uppermost and against the wor-king. face of the plunger. Indoing this theflange of the cap causes the fingersi to retire until theycan again be sufficiently extended beneath the edge of the cap-flange,to properly support the cap with the weight of the plungerthereo-n, asshown in Fig. 15. The free dropping movement of the plunger below thefing'ers .enablesa cap to be readily centered in the concave face of theplunger,

'so that when the cap and plunger are moved upwardly the flange of thecap is maintained in a horizontal position, and therefore thesupporting-fingers simultaneously retire and then engage with the edgedthe cap-flange.

A bottle is placed upright in thebottle-socket B, as shown in dottedlines in" Fig. 3. i The treadle C is then depressed for moving themachine-head C downwardly, which promptly causes the gasket-controller mto lift the an-- nular lip of the gasket l'from the pendent positionindicated in Fig. 6 to the horizontal position shown in Fig.Saufi-Lalso'in dotted lines in Fig. 15, thus materially reducing thediameter of the central opening in the gasket;

A further depression of the machine -head O forces the-contractedgaskctl downward and over orupon the head of the bottle, as' shown inFig. 1.7, the'gasket'being therebyradial-ly 1 .cxpanded to some extentand made to closely conform to the surface of the bottle-head, thusforming a gas and water tight packing between the head of the bottlebelow the recess (1 and the adjacentannular wall of the filling-chamberThe ring/e serves as an abutment for the raised portion of the gasketand" not only insurcsits proper conformationwith or to the bottle-head,but also exerts a pinch ing action of the gasket between the ringand thebot tle-head, so that the gaspressure in the filling-chamber cannotdisplace the gasket. The bottle is then filled, liquid and gas enteringby way of thecock 6 Fig. 2, pipe or port c, Fig. 15, passing in bet-weenthe sealing-cap.

and the top of the bottle. The-requisiteoceasional discharge of gas orairk'newn as fsn'ifb' ing may be provided forjn various-ways,-

as, for instance, by the use of a special snifting ductand valve inconnection with the filling-chambcr in a mapncr corresponding to theiruse, with a throat-piece, as disclosed in my Letters Patent No. 438,708.Although the cap-plunger stem slides freely within the pis-' ton-rod,there is no tendency for liquid to pass upwardly around said stem, asthere is no} communication; between the interior of the piston and thedome. When the bottlohas been properly chargcd,thc cock is closed andthe machine-head further depressed The against the ring 7;, andpassingdownward upon the headof the bottle, bearing, meanwhile, withgood contact against it. In the meantime the bottlehead will have beensurmounted by the cap and the disk will have been forced heavily uponthe bottle-lip by thelocking of the cap on the-bottle causes the"Further downward IOO gasket 1 then yields, being tightly squeezed gasketto slip down below the bottle-head upon the neck'qflas shown in Fig. 18.The descent of the cap-plunger and spring-piston g is an restedby'thebotlle as soon as the plunger has partially comprcssedthesealing-disk, the

piston and plunger then being under the comQ pressing action of thespring, whichincreases as the machine-head descends. --D-uring thispressure upon the top of the bottle its bottom readily centers itself inthe socket; B, as he's fore indicated, because of the'conical surfacethereof, and said surface being also smooth and metallic the glassfreely s ips thereon in seeking a central general bearing. The rubbercushion is below the metal plates 0 aitords desirable yielding effects,which are as obviating liability of breakage and pro" conducive to thecentering operation, as well viding for properly centering bottles whichmaybe imperfect in form at .their bases and also for bottles of varioussizes; While the cap and thedisk are thus maintained on the bottle underthe heavy pressure exerted by the spring, (sometimes from two hundred tothree hundred pounds,) the further descent of themachine-head carriesthe bending-tool f downwardly and its interior inclined working surface,byengaging with the periphery of the flange of the cap, forces thelatter inwardly and causes the inner corrugationsv or those portions oftheflange which are bet-ween the outer corrugations to be bent beneaththe locking-shoulder into the, recess q and into fi'rm locking-contactwith said shoulder, the

portions so bent being clearly indicated at 1) ascends, and at thebeginning of its upward movement the gasket 1 is promptly freed from itscontroller by reason of the friction-sleeves remaining stationary duringthe said initial upward movement of the-machine-head. lts

packing-lip is then allowed to assume its normal distended form, asshown in Fig. 19, permitting the machine-head to rise freely from thefilledand sealed bottle, whereupon the. cap-plunger It will drop intoits normal pos-i-- tion, as shown. in Fig. 6, and be ready for thereception of another sealing-cap.

The accurate position of the machine-head with respect to the'bottle'toppreparatory tofilling, as shown in Fig. 17, is easily determined,because while pressing, the treadle' andas the machine-head descendstheoperator can readily feel the abrupt arresting action of thecontracted gasket after the latter has passed over the locking-shoulderon the bottle'and 'engages with the 'head' .be'low' the reees's, asshown in Fig. 17, because the gasketcontroller will always be fullyoperated andthe gasket opening contracted,as" shown in" Fig. 6, beforethe lip of the gasket reaches the top of the bottle, regardless of theheight of the latter. I Itwill thus be se'en that by the action of thefrictionQsleeves upon the gasketcontroller the initial downward movementot the machine-head closes the-gasketso as to make a. joint with thebottlehe'ad as soon as it comes in contact with it-,a'nd that theinitial ppward lnovem'entot the machine-head causes the gasket to openand release the sealed bottle,these operations occurring in-propersequeues and at proper times without regardito their tops.

the heights of bottles orjthe extent of move incnt'of the machine-head.

In operating with such a'sealiug-cap as is shown in Fig. 22. aflange-bending tool is dcsit-able which canpositively engage laterallywith theflange. This cap D' has corrugar tions which extendsubstantially from the lower edge of the flange to the top of-thecap,

and it is at or near the middle portions ofithe inlcriorcorrugationsthat they are bent 1nto:.

locking-contact with the annular shoulder of the bottle, as illustratedin Fig. 23. The e x act point, however,is immaterial and depends partlyupon the thickness of the disk and partly upon the strength of theplungerspring.

' In the machine-head C of Fig. 20 the fillitigchamber is omitted, thatnot being absolutely necessary in all machines, as wh'e liquids are notto be bottled under pressure. The capplnnger r in this machine is notmaterially unlike the cap-plunger 7), before described, and it in likemanner is backed by a heavy spring. The cross-head (l is provided withan inter'- nal-ly-tapered socket .8, and within this, be-

tween its wall and the plunger, is the annular flange-bending tool fThis bending-tool is in the form a hollow truncated coneniounted on andcarried by the cap-plunger, and it is slotted to afford spring-arms fhaving at the inner sides of their lower ends suitable working faces fwhich are in this case shown 1n-' clined rcarwardly from their loweredges to With the working'faces thus in; clined the lower portion oredge of the flange" bolow the locking-shoulder on the bottle-head may bebent inwardly at an angle and Into close locking-contact with saidshoulder; but.

when the faces are adaptedfor setting a cap: precisely as in Fig. 23they should be and are verticalinstead of inclined, as shown, and they"are also preferably of greater height. ;In"ap.-

plying acap of this form-with the corruga y tions extending practicallythroughoutthe depth of the flange the locking action 15 the result of asqueezing rather than a; bending of the flange, thelateralpressure ofthe tool causing the locking-shoulder toembed 1tselif in thecorrugations, as shown. Considerable pressure is requiredin applyinga-cap of tinsandsimilar forms where the locking-rib must embed itself inthe corrugations to a greater .or less -extent;but-there' is-no danger.of

crushing the bottle-head, even-if it-is not perfectly round and thebending-tool be rig d,

because the-corrugations of 'the' cap-flange are interposed betweenthebending-tpol and the bottle-head, and as these corrugat ons are ICOIll 5;

comparatively yielding they act in a manner as CIJSllIlOlS between therigid, bending-tool and the bottle head', and thus; prevent hard contactand consequent breakage. .Springfingersonly' one att'here'shown-operateas before described, encept that'they do notprojectbeneath the edge of the cap, but merely occupy'corrugations anddiametrically pinch hard enough to sustain the cap in place;

l corrugations.

'lhese fingers arelalso located opposite two ad acent spaces between thebendingrfaces f", and. therefore when said fingers occupy spaces betweenthceo'rrugations of a cap none of the corrugations can register withsaid spaces between the bending faces, but they will always beopposite'said faces, while the spaces between said working faces willregister WIL'll the spaces between the outward With a sealing-cap inthecustody upon a bottle-socket, as before described, it will be seen thatwhen the head 0 is ,glo-

pressed thecap and seal will be properlyap: i5 plied to the bottle-headand powerful pressure exerted on the disk, and that as the machineheaddescends the faces of the'bending-tool will be forced inwardly. bytheaction of the tapered socket s, anl thereby bend the interrorcorrugations. of the cap-flange into couforming contact with'the annularshoulder of a bottle, as'described.

in some cases, aswith speciallyhoavy'caps, it IS desirable to apply ingworking faces, operatingwith powerful leverage, as illustrated in Figs.24:, to'28, in-

cl usive. pl un In this machine-head (3 the capz. (Fullyshownin Fig.26.) The plunger isrecessed at intervals, as at r, for the reception ofthe inner ends ofa radially-arranged series of segmental-shaped lovers6, said leyers be ng also so shaped-as to afford working facest theirouter ends these lovers are rounded vertically to afford goodbearing-contact with aring 6 which surrounds the levers and maintainsthemiiu proper relation to the I plunger. Thisring 9. is preferably ofsteel,

40 and isstrong but flexible, and it is loosely seated, so that theworking faces of the annular bending-tool may operate. equally well-in'lockinga cap on a bottle having an .imper fcctly-rounded head, as onone which has a truly-circular-head or'loeking-shoulder. This:feat-ure'of change of form to anyidesirable' extent mayrbegiyen to anyform ofbending or locking tools,l'whereby an even? pressure .may bebrought on d'iflerent parts of a bottleheadnot tr'ulycirculan The hollowtapering bending-tool, Rig. 6, maybe made in sections 5 and heldtogetheby a Strong flexible ring. The tapering socket, Fig. 20, may alsobesimilarly made flexihlaas will be-readily under- -5 5 -stoodfthesamep'rineiple applying as shown in Fig. The plunger and "these levers,w 1th their working faces, constitute .an em elentannular flange-bendingtool,- whic'h,.1ike

i the other forms, encirclesthe'sealiug-eap', and lt will befseenythatits operatiouwill follow the nautical retirement of the plunger,i-ncident to-the arresting of the plunger, in con-, met with thetop of"a bottle. sealing-caps- .whichg 'have jin-itially cdrrngated flangesattord 'the best results,-and the method herein lndifated'obapplying'such caps 'to bottles avi engagingyshoulder constitutes a of the plungerand a bottle supported the bowling-pressure. 25 by means of abending-tool, in \-'ol'viug-vibratger 7'" .has a series cheap-holdingfingers valuable feature of my lllVQlttlQll, the gist thereofconsistiugin eausingthc inner corrugatious to be bent or imleu'tcdvintolockingcontact with theengaging shoulder by applying prcssureto theouter (mrrugations.

For ap'plyinga plain flanged cap l) 's uch as is shown in Fig-IiO-to abottle, as illustrated in Figs; Stand 32, it is only necessary to provide the faces t of the'levers t with suitable;

filling-chamber, as heretofore described, may

therefore be charged under pressure and then advanced to the cap andbodily rotated,(or'

the plungermay be rotated with similar effect,) and thus made to securea-sealing union with the cap and disk while the contents of the bottleare. under gaseous pressure, this being an operation which, as isbelie'ved,was

.never before accomplished. Witha filling-chamber it portan-tforsecuring the best results that the sealing dap' should besupportedabove the is obviously im-f top of a bottle, so asto-affordample space beneath the cap for the prompt and free en-,

trance of liquid to the bottle. Bottles may,

however, be slowly filled when. caps'-for instance, like that shown inFig; 22'are first lbosel-yplaced thereon, then inserted into thefilling-chamber and the gasket closed around the bottle-headbelowfthecap, because the corrugations in the flange aofordbet-ween the flangeand bottle-head numerous channels or passages for liquid to enter-thebottle.- In, this case the'cap must be of such-size inter-.

nally-asnot to go onto the bottle-headifar ,enough for thesealing-diskto'close the j tie-mouth.

In bottling some kinds of liquids-Jsuch as] non-gaseous mineral waters,sirups',"sa'uces-,

&c.'--itmay sometimes be desirableto fill the bottles and place the capsthereon by hai'1d--" preparatory to the sealing operation by a ma chine.In Figs; 33 and34 I show a machine well adapted for use in the linesjust indicated, in soine'of which it may be desirable to first insertcorks in the bottles inthe ordi nary way and-to use the sealing caps asmere. cork-holding devices, and in other cases the ably mounted uponl'a'standard-and it is not vertically reciprocated, as in the machinesbefore described, although itlisobvious that v use of' corks,sealing-disks, and capsmaybe 5 desirable for obtaining more positivesecurity. a 'In' this machine the head 0, Fig. 33,.is'adjnst by a sleeve"0, capable of vertical reciprocation by means of a hand-lever r (whichis shown as if broken away centrally) and toggle-links 172 'v said leverbeing normally in a vertical position and keyed to a rock-shat t, towhich the links 1: are also keyed. The operator on pulling the lever rdownward and toward the front of the machine imparts thepropermovementto-the bendingtool. The bottle-socket B is as before described;but in this instance it is vertically reciprocated, its.

threaded stem being hollow and sliding upon a rigid vertical guide-rod2r. The nut b is surmounted by a clamp-nut, so that the verticaladjustment of the socket in the nut I) may be securely maintained. Thisnut 19 also serves as a cross-head, to which a pair of links w (one onlyhere shown) are pivoted at their upper ends, their lower ends being similarl'y pivoted to the vertical forked arm in of the weightedtreadle-lever It will be seen when a bottle with a cap mounted thereonis placed upon or in the socket and the treadle-lever depressed that theloosely-capped bottle will be lifted and the top of the cap forcedagainst the cap plunger, which on gradually retiring will increase itscompressing action, according to the height at which the bottle maybelifted. The depression of the treadle may be adj ustably limited by astop-pin to, occupying approp'riate holes in a pair of flanges at thesides -of the slot in which the treadle moves. lVhile the "bottle withthe seal thus compressed is in this position the hand-lever o isoperated for bending the flange and completing the sealing operatio'n.-1It will be seen that in this type of machine the cap-plunger need not hebacked by a spring, or, in other words, it need not yield to the upwardpressnreap lied by way *oithe-treadle and 'bottle-socke because ass'oonas'suflicient pressure has been applied the bending-tool can beforced downwardly oi 'o'peratedin other ways, causing it to bend theflange of the cap into locking-contact with thebotftle-h'ead.- l

' It is sometimes desirable to dispense with a hand-lever, and to thatend, in part, I organize the head of the machine as shown in-Fig. 35. Inthis instance the bending-tool f is of the same form as that previouslydescribed; but it is in this case immovable and occupies awbracketprojecting from the upright por-.

tion of the frame'of' themachine. The capplunger a', like the othersdescribed, is centrally located with relation to the bendingtool, and ithas a stem which is externally w anreanemand it ,carries a nut 143; butit slides in a hollow spindle n and is heavily backed by a spring. Thespindle. at its upper end has a guide-beariu g in the overhangingportion of the frame, and at its top it is slotted and provided with afriction-roller for supporting an adjustably-weighted lever w. 7

The head of the plunger projects normally considerably below thebending-tool f, so that when the bottle with a cap thereon is forcedupwardly against the plunger the latter may retire nntilits springexerts almost the re qu'ired pressure just before the bending-toolbegins to operate, and then the nut a strikes against the end of thespindle. The spring then ceases to yield and the weighted lever islifted,and therefore during the fiange-bending operation the pressure onthe disk will be absolutely uniform. It will be obvious, in. view oftheslight range of movement involved in the operation of the cross-headsof the other types of machines, that-this mode of obviating variation inpressure'upon the disk during the flange-bending operation may beapplied to those machines, if desired. The hollow tapered bending-toolf, whether it be forced downwardly upon a cap and bottle or heldstationary while the cap and bottle are forced into it, frietionallyengages with the t. f ange to such an extent as to force the cap uponthe bottle, and therefore if the sealing-disk be specially compressibleit will be sufficiently well seated upon the bottle-lip to serve a goodpurpose in such bottling as involves little or no gaseous pressure, and

hence the said bending-tool, in combination with a bottle-support andmeans for forcing the bottle and the bending-toolinto working relationswith reference to an interposed cap,

constitutes a valuable portion-of my inven-- tion.

It is not to be understood that the gasket i1 my filling-machines mustof necessity be arranged to slip wholly over the head of a hottle--as,for instance, when the cap and the flange-setting devices are moveddownward upon the head after the latter-has been en gaged inpacking-contact by the gasket, In

Fig. 36 I show a simple form of neck-gasket P, in proper relation to thehead of a bottle E,

q as will afford ample space above the gasket, in which. thebending-tool may operate after the sealing-cap has been forced upon thebottle. In this organization thefilling-chamber e is stationary, and thebottle is also fixed in position after the packing-contact with its headhas been secured. The cap-plunger r is similar to that-shown in Fig. 20,in that it carries a similar bending-tool 1,- but in this case thecross-head d is reciprocated and its downward movement causes thecap-plunger to deliver the sealing-cap upon the bottle, and then thedisk is com pressed-through the operation of the plunger-spring, andsimultaneously with the arresting of the downward movementof the plungerthe annular inclined surface of thehollow piston g completes the at sucha distance below the locking-shoulder comprehend and to practicallyapply the va-' bending of the cap-flange into locking-contact I riousfeatures of my invention.

Having thus described m invention, I claim as new and-desi re to secureby'Lctters Patent 1 l. The method, substantially as hereinbeforedescribed, of sealing bottles, which consists in surmountingabottle-head having an annular locking-shoulder with a corrugated flangedmetal sealing-cap, and then bending or indenting the inner corrugationsinto lock ing-contact with the engaging-shoulderon the bottle-headbyapplying pressure simultaneously to the several outer corrugations.

2; In a bottling-machine, the combination, substantially as hereinbeforedescribed, of a filling-chamberhaving sufiicientinteriorcapacity forreceiving the heads of bottles to be filled, an annular gasket having acentral opening for the reception of -b0ttle-neads,'andmeans withi-nsaidchamber for bending the flanges of metallic-sealing-caps into locking-.contaet with bbttle-heads. I

3.1nabott1ing-machine, the combination, su-bstan-tially asherei-nbe-fore described, of the following mechanism: a filli-ngehambercommunicating with a source of supply and providcdwith an opening forthe'reception'of a bottle-head and with a gasket for maintain Ming :1.closu-reof' the space between the bottlehead'an'd'the adjacent-wallsoE'the chamber,

a plunger having its headwithin the chamber, means for supporting withinsaid chamber a flanged metal-sealing-cap containing a sealing-disk andhaving its flange in a pendent position, miins for forcingthe bottle,the cap, and the disk'into close relations, thereby causing the disk toconform to the lip of the bottle, and means for bending the flange ofthe cap beneath and in close locking-contact with a suitablelocking-shoulder on the head or the-bottle.

4, In a bottling machine, a' filling-chamber closed-except 'as to theinduction of liquids and to the complete reception of the head ofabottle and provided with an annular funnel-shaped gasket or packinghaving a' pend 'enftdip and normally-adapted to recei veca bottle-headand-by the inward rolling action of ,the-lip to maintain a shiftingpacking-com that with difi'erent portions of thfe'head of a bottleduring the fillingandsea'ling operation.

. 5..In-a bottle-filling machine, the combinatio'msubstantially ashereinbeforedescrib of a filling-chamber closed exceptas to asuitable;induction-aperture for liquids and an I packing-laughsaid-opening,and meanszfor openingforthe complete reception of abottle-head,-'-'an annnlar'funnel-shaped gasket or varying its interiorannular dimensions and causing it to maintain packing-contact with thebottle-head, and then to release said head applied.

for withdrawal after the sealing-cap has be'n 6. In; a(bottling-machine, the combination,

substantially as hereinb foredescribed, of a filling-chamber having nannular gasket adapted to maintain shifting packing eont'aet withdiilerent portions of the head of abottlo when inserted into saidchamber, and means for bending the flange of a sealing-cap upon the headof abottle within the filling-chamber.

7. In a bottling-machine, the combination, substantially as'hereinbeforedescribed, of a bottle filling chamber, an annular gasket orpacking-ring at its lower open side, a gasketcontroller for varying thearea of opening in the annular gasket, vertically-sliding rods, frictionally-eontrolled sleeves capable of resting during the (descent ofsaid rods for operating the gasket-controller andalso capable of movingwith said rods, a cross-head on said 'rods for carrying thefilling-chamber and other operative parts, and a spring for supportingand a treadle for depressing the same.

8. In a bottle-sealing machine, the combination, substantially ashereinbefore' described, of an annular bending-tool adapted toencircleandto bendthe flangeof asealing capintolocki'ng-contact with abottle-head, a cap-plunger centrally located with relation to thebending tool, and means for supporting the seatingeap with its flange ina pendent position in line with the bending-tool and below .saidplunger.

9. In'a'bottl-i-ng machine, the combination,

substantially as: hereinbefore described, of. a filli rig-chamberprovided witha tub ulardome,

a hollow piston having a stem projecting into said dome and having aflange serving as v a movable base for a spring, a sealing-papplungerhavin'g its 'head' in the filling-cham-' 'ber':proper and itsstemiaosely fitted in and connected with said piston, and an annular.

gasket oompre'ssed'beneath the flange of the- '-piston for packing thejoint around the head v 1 I 5 of-the cap-plunger and preventing theparssage of liquidfromthe 'fillingmhamb'er up-.

wardly into the dome. v

10. In a bottlingmachine, the combination,

substantiallyas hereinbefore described, of a filling-chamber adapted toreceive-a bottle head, a packing-gasket for engaging with a bottle-headwell'below its lip and-,- a hollow tapering bend ing tool within saidchamber, a j

support for a b'ottle, and means for-forcing 1'25 thebottle-support andbend-ing'tool into working relations with respect of a metallic capsurmounting a bottle-head within the filling I chamber. L

11. In a'bottle-sealing -machine, the combination, substantiallyashereinbeforej described, of a plunger adapted tobearnpon thetop ofasealing-chp, a-bottle-socket for supporting a bottle in line with-saidplunger, an annuls ron-rotative bending-tool concentrio -withsaidplnnger and havinghard unyielding pressure-surfaces and adapted tohcnd'portions ofthe flange of a hard-metal sealing-cap intolocking-contact with a bottlehead, and means for forcing the cap, theinterior sealing medium, and the bottle into close relations, and alsofor operating the bending-tool. i

- 1'2. Inamachine for applying flanged metal sealing-caps-to bottles,the combination, substantially'as hereinbefore described, of a hollowinternally tapered and rigid flange-bend ing tool, a support for abottle, and means, substantially as. described,'for. forcing saidsupport and bending-tool into working rela- .tions with respect of aninterposed bottle sur:

- flange of the cap mounted by a cap, and thereby bending the intolocking-contact with the'head of the bottle.

, 13'." In La bottle-sealing machine, the com- 1 binatio'n',snbstantially as hereinbeforedo.- scribed, ofa hollowtaperingcap-flange-bending' tool, a cap-plunger, and cap-supportingfiingers-for maintaining a sealing-cap with its Q5 flange in a pendentposition during its reception ofabottle-h'ead" and in proper relation 3by the latter in on into locking-contact with the bpttle-head.

to the bending-., ,ol

ing-the flange of the cap 14. In a bottle-sealing machine, thecoinhi'nation, substantially as hereinbefore described of a hollowtapered bending-tool- .adaptetito bend the flange of a sealingcap i atelocking-contact with a. bottle-head, a capplnnge'r in line with saidbonding-tool, a'bottle-sn' port in line withsaid bending-tool and cap-panger, and means for forcing the bottle and the cap-plunger intocompressing-contact andgtherchy extending the flange of the cap upon thehead of the bottle, and also means r'eparatory to operation ing-capsinto locking-contact with the heads of bottles, the combination,substantially as hereinbefore described of a bottle-socket, alongitudinally-movable cap-plunger having a concave face, an annularflange-bending tool a machine for bending flanged seal- 5 concentricto'said plunger, and, means for I forcing the capphmgerand, the head ofa bottle into close relations with an interposed sealing-cap, saidconcave face on the plan ger serving to center the cap and the bottlewith relation to the bending-tool.

16. In a. bottle-sealing. machine, a conical bottle-socket having abottle-bearing surface composedof a series of thin metal plates, in

combination with an elastic cnshion inter-' posed between said. platesand the body of the socket, substantiallya's described}. I

17. In a machinefor applyinginetal-seal ing-caps ,to bottles, thecombination, substantially as 'hereinbei'ore' descrihed,of a bottle,-support and a' cap-plunger provided with a self-adjusting metallic faceadapted to bear upon and to distribute pressure evenly upon V the tepofthe cap.

18. In a bottle-sealing machine adapted to operate upon flangedsealing-caps, acap-coinprcssi'ngplunger having a concaved or reccssedface and containing back of saidfacc.

an inclosed elastic cushion, substantiallyas described. a I

WILLIAM PAINJE Witnesses:

31L ALEXAJNPIQ? omgm (I PAINTE

